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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • opt outphraseB2To choose not to take part.
  • optical/ˈɒptɪkəl/adjectiveC1To do with sight and with light.
  • optician/ɒpˈtɪʃən/nounB1+The professional who tests eyes and fits glasses.
  • optimism/ˈɑptɪmɪzəm/nounC1The habit of expecting things to turn out well.
  • optimist/ˈɑptɪmɪst/nounB2+A person who tends to expect good outcomes.
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Always expecting things to turn out well.
  • optimum/ˈɑptɪməm/adjectiveB2+The best possible in the circumstances.
  • option/ˈɒpʃən/nounA2+2 meaningsOne of the things you may choose.
  • optional/ˈɒp.ʃə.nəl/adjectiveB2Allowed but not required.
  • optometrist/ɑpˈtɑmətɹɪst/nounB2+The professional who tests eyesight.
  • opulence/ˈɒp.jʊl.əns/nounC2Great wealth shown off in luxury.
  • opulent/ˈɒpjʊlənt/adjectiveC2Richly and showily luxurious.
  • oracle/ˈɔɹəkəl/nounB2+A person or place through which a god was said to answer.
  • orange/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/nounA12 meaningsA sweet citrus fruit.
  • orangutan/əˌɹæŋ.uːˈtæn/nounB1+A great red-haired ape of Borneo and Sumatra.
  • orator/ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/nounC1A skilled and powerful public speaker.
  • oratory/ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/nounC1The art of speaking well in public.
  • orbit/ˈɔː.bɪt/nounB1+2 meaningsThe path one body travels around another in space.
  • orbital/ɔː.bɪt.əl/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsTo do with the path one body takes around another.
  • orbiternounC1A craft that circles a world rather than landing on it.
  • orcanounC2The black and white whale that hunts in groups.
  • orchard/ˈɔː.tʃəd/nounC1A field of fruit trees planted in rows.
  • orchard keepernounB2The person who tends a plantation of fruit trees.
  • orchestra/ˈɔː.kɪs.tɹə/nounB2A large group of classical musicians.
  • orchestra pitnounC1The sunken space where players sit below a stage.
  • orchestral/ˌɔɹˈkɛstɹəl/adjectiveB2+Written for or played by a full body of musicians.
  • orchestrate/ˈɔː(ɹ).kə.stɹeɪt/verbB2+To arrange the parts of something so it works as a whole.
  • orchid/ˈɔː.kɪd/nounB2A flowering plant with elaborate blooms.
  • ordain/ɔɹˈdeɪn/verbC12 meaningsTo make somebody a priest.
  • ordeal/ɔːˈdiːl/nounB2A painful experience that has to be got through.
  • order/ˈɔː.də/verbA17 meaningsTo ask for food, goods or a service to be brought or sent to you.
  • order ticketnounB2The printed slip telling the kitchen what to cook.
  • orders/ˈɔː.dəz/nounB12 meaningsInstructions that must be obeyed.
  • ordinance/ˈɔːdɪnəns/nounC1A rule made by a local authority.
  • ordinarily/ɔːdɪˈnæɹɪli/adverbC1As a rule, in the usual run of things.
  • ordinary/ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/adjectiveA2+2 meaningsNormal and usual.
  • ore/oɹ/nounB2+Rock or earth holding enough metal to make mining it worthwhile.
  • oregano/ˈɒɹɪˌɡɑːnəʊ/nounB1+A dried herb used in Mediterranean cooking.
  • org chartnounC1The diagram showing how an organisation is arranged.
  • organ/ˈɔːɡən/nounB23 meaningsA part of the body with a particular function, such as the heart or the liver.
  • organic/ɔːˈɡænɪk/adjectiveB2+4 meaningsGrown or raised without artificial chemicals.
  • organic farmingnounB2Growing food without artificial chemicals.
  • organic reachnounC1The audience you reach without paying for it.
  • organism/ˈɔː.ɡə.nɪ.zəm/nounB2Any single living thing.
  • organistnounB2Somebody who plays the large keyboard instrument in a church.
  • organization/ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/nounB1A group of people working together under a structure.
  • organizational/ˌɔː(ɹ)ɡənɪˈzeɪʃənəl/adjectiveC1To do with how a body is arranged and run.
  • organize/ˈɔːɡənaɪz/verbA2+2 meaningsTo put things in order.
  • organizer/ˈɔɹɡənaɪzɚ/nounB1+Somebody who arranges an event.
  • orient/ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt/nounC1The countries of the Far East, in older use.
  • orientation/ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/nounB24 meaningsThe direction something faces or the way it is positioned.
  • orienteeringnounC1Racing across country navigating by map and compass.
  • origin/ˈɒɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪn/nounB22 meaningsThe point something first came from.
  • original/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/adjectiveA23 meaningsExisting from the beginning; the first.
  • originality/əˌɹɪd͡ʒɪˈnælɪti/nounB2+The quality of being genuinely new.
  • originally/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nə.li/adverbB1+2 meaningsAt the start, before anything changed.
  • originate/əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪt/verbC1To have your first beginning in a certain place or time.
  • ormolu/ˈɔː(ɹ)məˌluː/nounC2Gilded bronze used to decorate furniture.
  • ornament/ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/nounB22 meaningsA small object kept only because it is pretty.
  • ornamental/ˌɔː.nəˈmɛn.təl/adjectiveC1Put there for decoration rather than for use.